The Rolling Stones are inviting fans behind the scenes of one of the biggest chapters in their recent history.
The legendary rock band has announced Speaking in Tongues, a new six-part official podcast exploring the making of its acclaimed 2023 album, Hackney Diamonds. The series premieres June 25 and will feature brand-new interviews with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, giving listeners an inside look at the band's first album of original material in nearly two decades.
The podcast will also feature appearances from producer Andrew Watt, The Cure frontman Robert Smith, Steve Winwood and artist Nathaniel Mary Quinn. Grammy-winning singer Norah Jones will narrate the series.
Hackney Diamonds was, at first, as much a surprise to Richards and Wood as it was to fans. Jagger was the engine driving the project forward, a sense of urgency bubbling deep from within.
"That is Mick's thing: 'Let’s do it.' And in this instance, it was the right time to put the boot behind us and get going," Richards told The Times. "We bumped into Andrew Watt, which gave us impetus because he is a very energetic young man. We call him the Kid."
"You gotta understand, I’m a f*****g fan," Watt later told Rolling Stone. "If I told them how many Rolling Stones concerts I'd seen, I don't think they’d ever talk to me again. When we were in the studio, I'd tell them, 'You let a freak from behind the barricade produce the album.' I wore a different Stones T-shirt in the studio every day."
View this post on InstagramHackney Diamonds marked a major milestone for the Rolling Stones when it was released in October 2023. The album became the band's first collection of original songs since A Bigger Bang in 2005 and was widely praised by critics, debuting at No. 1 in multiple countries. It also featured collaborations with artists including Lady Gaga, Elton John, Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, reaffirming the band's ability to bridge generations more than 60 years into its career.
The album also marked the first time the band found itself in the studio without drummer Charlie Watts, who died in 2021. Watts had been behind the Stones' drum kit since 1963.
"Anything I do is a tribute to Charlie Watts," Richards told Rolling Stone. "It's impossible for me to lay anything down without automatically thinking that Mr. Watts is laying the backbeat down. [...] I so miss that, man."
The new podcast promises to expand on that story, offering fresh perspectives from the musicians and collaborators who helped bring the album to life. For longtime fans, it also provides another rare opportunity to hear Jagger, Richards and Wood reflect on their creative process in their own words.
Few bands have embraced new ways of sharing their history while continuing to make new music quite like the Rolling Stones. From documentaries and archival releases to chart-topping albums, the group has consistently found ways to revisit its legacy without slowing down.
"The only thing I want the Stones to be remembered for is being a good rock band," Jagger told The Times. "There is going to be the Beatles and there is going to be the Stones and together they will represent the rock era. The Stones are much longer lived, obviously.”
With Speaking in Tongues set to debut later this month, fans will soon have a new window into the making of Hackney Diamonds and another reminder that one of rock's greatest bands continues to tell its story on its own terms.
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